Community Tasting Notes 96

• Whitman wrote: 94 points

  November 24, 2023 - Nose first powerful with a lot of licorice, later roses, black fruit and after 1,5 hours more shy, but precise and pure like the palate. A medium bodied palate, thats quite powerful, also with a touch of sweetness, before the finish kicks in with mouth coating dryness and structure. Delicious to drink today.

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• Derek Darth Taster wrote: 91 points

  October 13, 2023 - Italian theme dinner at Highland. Tasted blind. Drank in Grassl 1855.
  Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour with garnet rim. Legs.
  Nose medium intensity, with aromas of deep red plums, black plums, black cherries, blackberries, soy sauce with air. Developed.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), smooth structured high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of soy sauce, savoury blackberries, black cherries, dark plums. Long finish.
  Nearing end of lifespan and should be drunk up sooner rather than later. Soy sauce creeping in obviously already. Clearly modernist style.

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• mxpbuy Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 9, 2023 - After an hour in the decanter the wines tannins were still floating freely in the wine even though there was nearly a tablespoon of sediment in the strainer. Because I transported the wine to the restaurant, sediment did not get to fully settle to the bottom and finer silt was left on the palate. Nonetheless, a wonderful wine that showed a very nice balance of dark fruits, mushroom, cedar.

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• NBouras915 wrote: 93 points

  August 6, 2023 - This bottle was decanted for 3 hours--poured back into a bottle and consumed at a restaurant 2 hours later. Very nice but still very tannic. I will wait 3 or 4 years for my next bottle. The fruit was pure.

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• ubercuvee wrote:

  August 2, 2023 - Magnum: Great purity of fruit and still showing some furry tannin on the finish. Probably a good moment to drink the 750mls but the large formats probably need a few more years

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Conterno Fantino
• Varietal Nebbiolo
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Sorì Ginestra
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Langhe
• Appellation Barolo
• UPC Codes 726452006437, 726452008677, 726452008714

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• Pending Delivery 76 (3%)
• In Cellars 1,713 (62%)
• Consumed 977 (35%)

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